Stir-fried Vegetables and Toasted Sesame Tartlets

Name: Stir-fried Vegetables and Toasted Sesame Tartlets
Yield: Makes 24
Ingredients: 24 thin slices bread; 1 tbsp sherry vinegar or rice vinegar; 1 tbsp amontillado sherry or rice wine; pinch of freshly ground black pepper or crushed Szechuan peppercorns; 1 tbsp sherry vinegar or rice vinegar; pinch of freshly ground black pepper or crushed Szechuan peppercorns; 2–3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil, plus extra for frying; 2–3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil, plus extra for frying; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 1 in / 2.5 cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and sliced; 2–3 star anise; 2 in / 5 cm cinnamon stick; 1 lb / 455 g prepared vegetables, selected from thin slices of carrot, mushrooms, baby corn cobs, broccoli florets, mangetout and spring onions; 1 lb / 455 g prepared vegetables, selected from thin slices of carrot, mushrooms, baby corn cobs, broccoli florets, mangetout and spring onions; 1 lb / 455 g prepared vegetables, selected from thin slices of carrot, mushrooms, baby corn cobs, broccoli florets, mangetout and spring onions; 1 lb / 455 g prepared vegetables, selected from thin slices of carrot, mushrooms, baby corn cobs, broccoli florets, mangetout and spring onions; 1 lb / 455 g prepared vegetables, selected from thin slices of carrot, mushrooms, baby corn cobs, broccoli florets, mangetout and spring onions; 1 lb / 455 g prepared vegetables, selected from thin slices of carrot, mushrooms, baby corn cobs, broccoli florets, mangetout and spring onions; 1 lb / 455 g prepared vegetables, selected from thin slices of carrot, mushrooms, baby corn cobs, broccoli florets, mangetout and spring onions; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp amontillado sherry or rice wine

Preparation info

Makes
24

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

24 thin slices bread
2–3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil, plus extra for frying

Starter
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Cut the bread slices into 24 rounds with a pastry cutter. Brush 24 bun tins with some of the groundnut oil, and mix the rest with half the sesame oil. Use this to brush the bread, and press each piece into a bun tin. Sprinkle a few sesame seeds into each. Lightly toast the rest of the sesame seeds in a small frying pan and set aside. Bake the tartlets in a prehe